Lord Jesus, through the gifting of the Holy Spirit to me, please help me to pray a prayer approved of you......
In the stillness of God’s presence, I kneel to pray and seek God help me accept and love those people I cannot change. I ask God in the power of the Holy Spirit to help me overcome every trial that comes from the world.
I also ask God to equip me through the Holy Spirit to grant me His strength, fearlessness, wisdom and faith to change the person I can change and repent- that is the unholy trinity of Me, Myself and I.
May my Saviour God, Father of my Lord Jesus, also equip me with His wisdom and understanding to behold His plans for my life, to be grateful for His mercy, grace and unfailing love for me at the cross, fill me with His truth to set me free from deceptions and darkness and gift me with His Holy Spirit to teach, counsel, guide, and guard me and sustain me in my faith in Jesus Christ that He is the Son of the living God, resurrected from the dead to produce in me a hope from my faith in Him that someday my Saviour will return to bring me home safely to my heavenly Father.
Lord Jesus, thank you for loving me unconditionally. Cram me with your love and humility to love you by loving people I hate and struggle to love.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Mind Your Words!
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is a saying that many of us recited from childhood to adulthood. But is it true? Do words have the power to affect us?
Wrong choices of words bore destructive effects on society. Many quarrels and arguments, murders, fights, divorces, suicides and much unhappiness have been directly caused by the choice of someone’s words. Wrong choices of words not only affect others but it also affects those who speak them. And normally it originates from the mouths of those who harbor bitterness.
A bitter person is a storehouse of negative and discouraging words; bringing ruins to themselves, while attempting to run down others. Mind what spew from your mouths!
On the flip side, positive and encouraging words can inspire, create happiness, promote good relationships and help produce stability and peace. Kind words are good medicine, but deceitful words brings harm (Proverbs 15:4).
Words do have power—choose and use them carefully and wisely!
Wrong choices of words bore destructive effects on society. Many quarrels and arguments, murders, fights, divorces, suicides and much unhappiness have been directly caused by the choice of someone’s words. Wrong choices of words not only affect others but it also affects those who speak them. And normally it originates from the mouths of those who harbor bitterness.
A bitter person is a storehouse of negative and discouraging words; bringing ruins to themselves, while attempting to run down others. Mind what spew from your mouths!
On the flip side, positive and encouraging words can inspire, create happiness, promote good relationships and help produce stability and peace. Kind words are good medicine, but deceitful words brings harm (Proverbs 15:4).
Words do have power—choose and use them carefully and wisely!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
(Are You) A Malaysian Idle?
“Can I get a lunch or dinner from you?” asked an unusually extremely polite Diane.
“No!” I answered abruptly, curtailing her from explaining her reasons for asking the free meals.
I questioned Diane why she wasn’t working since leaving college about three years ago. Her excuse was that she couldn’t get a satisfactory job anywhere else. Perhaps she had develop being lackadaisical, living on the occasional generosity from all her friends and the continuous handouts from her siblings and parents.
I whipped out my Bible from behind my back pocket of my pants and showed her these verses in 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12, asking her to read it out loud to herself, Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.” Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and meddling in other people’s business. We command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work to earn their own living.
“But nobody wanted to employ me!” Diane rejoined trying to justify her idleness.
“The answer to getting a job is not to be choosy,” I reprimanded her, citing the following sayings from Confucius, “Ride on a cow to look for a horse!” J
I couldn’t imagine how a person could be idling away for three years? This is truly a Malaysian Idle!
Get a job and experience transmutation from being a Malaysian Idle to a Malaysian Idol! ( Chairman Mao® )
“No!” I answered abruptly, curtailing her from explaining her reasons for asking the free meals.
I questioned Diane why she wasn’t working since leaving college about three years ago. Her excuse was that she couldn’t get a satisfactory job anywhere else. Perhaps she had develop being lackadaisical, living on the occasional generosity from all her friends and the continuous handouts from her siblings and parents.
I whipped out my Bible from behind my back pocket of my pants and showed her these verses in 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12, asking her to read it out loud to herself, Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.” Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and meddling in other people’s business. We command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work to earn their own living.
“But nobody wanted to employ me!” Diane rejoined trying to justify her idleness.
“The answer to getting a job is not to be choosy,” I reprimanded her, citing the following sayings from Confucius, “Ride on a cow to look for a horse!” J
I couldn’t imagine how a person could be idling away for three years? This is truly a Malaysian Idle!
Get a job and experience transmutation from being a Malaysian Idle to a Malaysian Idol! ( Chairman Mao® )
Saturday, May 17, 2008
God's Glory
As human beings, we will never be able to fathom God’s thoughts and ways. We must remember that we are dust.
What we perceive as disasters and tragedies amid us may not be the wholesome truth. We don’t understand God’s plan for us. If God, who alone loves us, came to die for us to save us from death, will He plan to destroy us? I’ll always believe that God has never intended for us to die- He has always hope for us to live.
A long time ago, God exhibit his wrath over Sodom and Gomorrah, bringing complete destruction to these two cities because God couldn’t accept their exceedingly overwhelming sins. Finally when God really couldn’t endure our sins, heart-broken, He decided to destroy us by sending a flood.
God made a promise that He will never bring a calamity of that magnitude to mankind again; with the rainbow as a witness to his oath. But mankind continues their rebellion against the Almighty Creator. Apparently we were never sorry for our wrongdoings.
God, our Almighty Creator sends Himself in Christ Jesus to come and save us. Unrepentant, we continue to sin and reject God’s salvation.
Nevertheless, God still love us. God in his amazing grace is sustaining his patience by waiting for us to be repentant! (2 Peter 3:10)
God love and have mercy on us not because we deserve anything, but because He is the Father. A Father will never abandon his children that are birthed out of his own hands.
While I do not understand God’s ways, I guessed that God loves us so much that sometimes he need to sacrifice some lives to save more lives. We must constantly maintain in our hearts the wonderful mercy, grace of God in his unfailing love. Remember that it was his infinite love for us that he came to die for us.
When bad things happened to us, God who alone loves us takes the blame forgetting that it was our sins that brought us those consequences.
When bad things happen to us or when such calamities take place in our midst, maybe it’s time to do a rain check of our sins against the Creator. Maybe it’s time to repent? Or maybe it’s time to understand God’s love for us? Then again, maybe it’s time to pray? Or is it time for us to be more passionate with our relationship with Him? There could be so many other reasons except to blame him.
Take heed of God’s message through every episode that transit in our everyday lives, so that we can seek his mercy, grace and unfailing love to help us turn to him so he can heal us and restore his goodness unto us.
Whatever it is, I offer my thanksgivings to my Saviour God Jesus for his mercy, grace and unfailing love for coming to die to redeem me from destruction. While I do not understand God’s plan and will for each of us, I do know that his plans will always bring glory to Him. For those who develop a doubt for God’s love while experiencing adversity, be encourage by holding on to God’s promises in Romans 8:37-39 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow- not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below- indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Thank you Lord Jesus for forgiving my sins and helping me each day to live obediently to the power of the Holy Spirit, gifted to guide, counsel, teaches and protects me.
I confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that Jesus is the son of the living God, who came to die at the cross and forgive my sins, resurrected by the Holy Spirit on the third day to bring to me a hope because the Holy Spirit helps me placed my trust in the son of God to someday return to bring me home safely to my heavenly Father.
Today, I asked the Holy Spirit gifted to help me live my earthly life for His honor and glory, to help me kneel before my Almighty Saviour God, Father of my Saviour Jesus to fast for the nations of China and Myanmar; asking God, to remember his mercy, grace and unfailing for us.
Lord Saviour Jesus, all glory, power and honor belongs to you now and forever! Amen!
What we perceive as disasters and tragedies amid us may not be the wholesome truth. We don’t understand God’s plan for us. If God, who alone loves us, came to die for us to save us from death, will He plan to destroy us? I’ll always believe that God has never intended for us to die- He has always hope for us to live.
A long time ago, God exhibit his wrath over Sodom and Gomorrah, bringing complete destruction to these two cities because God couldn’t accept their exceedingly overwhelming sins. Finally when God really couldn’t endure our sins, heart-broken, He decided to destroy us by sending a flood.
God made a promise that He will never bring a calamity of that magnitude to mankind again; with the rainbow as a witness to his oath. But mankind continues their rebellion against the Almighty Creator. Apparently we were never sorry for our wrongdoings.
God, our Almighty Creator sends Himself in Christ Jesus to come and save us. Unrepentant, we continue to sin and reject God’s salvation.
Nevertheless, God still love us. God in his amazing grace is sustaining his patience by waiting for us to be repentant! (2 Peter 3:10)
God love and have mercy on us not because we deserve anything, but because He is the Father. A Father will never abandon his children that are birthed out of his own hands.
While I do not understand God’s ways, I guessed that God loves us so much that sometimes he need to sacrifice some lives to save more lives. We must constantly maintain in our hearts the wonderful mercy, grace of God in his unfailing love. Remember that it was his infinite love for us that he came to die for us.
When bad things happened to us, God who alone loves us takes the blame forgetting that it was our sins that brought us those consequences.
When bad things happen to us or when such calamities take place in our midst, maybe it’s time to do a rain check of our sins against the Creator. Maybe it’s time to repent? Or maybe it’s time to understand God’s love for us? Then again, maybe it’s time to pray? Or is it time for us to be more passionate with our relationship with Him? There could be so many other reasons except to blame him.
Take heed of God’s message through every episode that transit in our everyday lives, so that we can seek his mercy, grace and unfailing love to help us turn to him so he can heal us and restore his goodness unto us.
Whatever it is, I offer my thanksgivings to my Saviour God Jesus for his mercy, grace and unfailing love for coming to die to redeem me from destruction. While I do not understand God’s plan and will for each of us, I do know that his plans will always bring glory to Him. For those who develop a doubt for God’s love while experiencing adversity, be encourage by holding on to God’s promises in Romans 8:37-39 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow- not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below- indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Thank you Lord Jesus for forgiving my sins and helping me each day to live obediently to the power of the Holy Spirit, gifted to guide, counsel, teaches and protects me.
I confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that Jesus is the son of the living God, who came to die at the cross and forgive my sins, resurrected by the Holy Spirit on the third day to bring to me a hope because the Holy Spirit helps me placed my trust in the son of God to someday return to bring me home safely to my heavenly Father.
Today, I asked the Holy Spirit gifted to help me live my earthly life for His honor and glory, to help me kneel before my Almighty Saviour God, Father of my Saviour Jesus to fast for the nations of China and Myanmar; asking God, to remember his mercy, grace and unfailing for us.
Lord Saviour Jesus, all glory, power and honor belongs to you now and forever! Amen!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Enemy No.1
The worst and most destructive god that man has ever created out of his own hands is Money. It is the only god and idol that distracts and snare us from our worship of the One True Saviour God of Israel in Christ Jesus, his son our Lord Saviour.
It is no wonder God has compel us to decide between him and money (Matthew 6:24). Apparently, man can bequeath anything, except money! Remember the rich man in Matthew 19:20-22 who claimed to live and do everything right, living a godly life but could not leave behind his money and earthly possessions to follow our Saviour Jesus.
The Bible consistently warn us the peril in trusting money, but today, man has corrupted God’s wisdom by intelligently interpreting that God and Money are a compatible partnership in our lives and in God’s will..Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts. (1 John 5:21)
Or how about Micah 3:11, You rulers govern for the bribes you can get; you priests teach God's laws only for a price; you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim you are depending on the LORD. "No harm can come to us," you say, "for the LORD is here among us."
I know the unquenchable question of how to manage and live lives without money perpetually attracts dispute. The obvious answer is and has always been in trusting God who is in Jesus Christ, his son our Saviour! Our heavenly Father promised that He will provide for us if only we placed our trust in Him (Matthew 6:30).
God gave us everything He created except money; Money is the creation of man, not Gods (Genesis 1:26-29).
It is no wonder God has compel us to decide between him and money (Matthew 6:24). Apparently, man can bequeath anything, except money! Remember the rich man in Matthew 19:20-22 who claimed to live and do everything right, living a godly life but could not leave behind his money and earthly possessions to follow our Saviour Jesus.
The Bible consistently warn us the peril in trusting money, but today, man has corrupted God’s wisdom by intelligently interpreting that God and Money are a compatible partnership in our lives and in God’s will..Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts. (1 John 5:21)
Or how about Micah 3:11, You rulers govern for the bribes you can get; you priests teach God's laws only for a price; you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim you are depending on the LORD. "No harm can come to us," you say, "for the LORD is here among us."
I know the unquenchable question of how to manage and live lives without money perpetually attracts dispute. The obvious answer is and has always been in trusting God who is in Jesus Christ, his son our Saviour! Our heavenly Father promised that He will provide for us if only we placed our trust in Him (Matthew 6:30).
God gave us everything He created except money; Money is the creation of man, not Gods (Genesis 1:26-29).
Money is a product of man's sin and not a product of God's goodness!
Friday, May 09, 2008
Graduation Day
I wanted to be a Christian since a young lad at seven.
Since then many people have been asking me whether I am a Christian.
My answer is always, “I don’t really know, not until I crossed the finishing line at the end of the race,”
Just like in everyday life, there are people who aspire to be someone in their career choice, but we are not one until graduation day when we are attributed with that qualification. It’s the same with Christianity- you aren’t one until The Judge credited you to be one! “Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds. Revelation 22:12
I cannot profess to be a doctor until I graduated from it.
So each day, with the help of the Holy Spirit gifted to help me live my earthly life, I lived with faith trusting in Jesus Christ, my Saviour to aid me to cross the finishing line to pick up my rewards as a son of the living God of Israel.
A true son is one who is obedient to the teachings of Jesus. Unless and until I passed every trial here on earth, I will never know whether I qualify as a true son of the Living God.
I want to be a Christian; I really do! Holy Spirit, I pray you help me for without You, I can never develop enough faith to be one.
Since then many people have been asking me whether I am a Christian.
My answer is always, “I don’t really know, not until I crossed the finishing line at the end of the race,”
Just like in everyday life, there are people who aspire to be someone in their career choice, but we are not one until graduation day when we are attributed with that qualification. It’s the same with Christianity- you aren’t one until The Judge credited you to be one! “Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds. Revelation 22:12
I cannot profess to be a doctor until I graduated from it.
So each day, with the help of the Holy Spirit gifted to help me live my earthly life, I lived with faith trusting in Jesus Christ, my Saviour to aid me to cross the finishing line to pick up my rewards as a son of the living God of Israel.
A true son is one who is obedient to the teachings of Jesus. Unless and until I passed every trial here on earth, I will never know whether I qualify as a true son of the Living God.
I want to be a Christian; I really do! Holy Spirit, I pray you help me for without You, I can never develop enough faith to be one.
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